| Pascal and Arts of the Mind Contributor(s): Davidson, Hugh McCullough (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521331935 ISBN-13: 9780521331937 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $124.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Collections | European - General |
| Dewey: 230.209 |
| LCCN: 92040937 |
| Series: Topics in Remote Sensing |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.13 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the ways in which Pascal posed and solved intellectual problems in his immense and varied output. Hugh Davidson shows how three of the classical liberal arts-- rhetoric, dialectic and geometry--pervade Pascal's method as liberating and guiding influences in his search for truth, both in his attacks on and in his defenses of tradition. Professor Davidson throws new light on both the diversity and the unity of Pascal's thought, and places it in the context of other seventeenth-century innovations in the use of traditional disciplines. |